-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Who is #Falcao ?

Radamel Falcao Garcia Zarate , Falcao for short , is a Colombian soccer star .

He sent Twitter into meltdown on Monday when he joined Manchester United on a one-year loan from Monaco , swapping the French Riviera for a considerably higher tax bill and a city where it rains 53 % of the year .

Aged 28 , he scores goals . Lots of them . During spells with Porto , Atletico Madrid and Monaco , he 's earned a reputation as one of Europe 's finest strikers .

Monday was European football 's `` transfer deadline day , '' the last opportunity for the continent 's top teams to sign new players . Imagine NFL draft day , only with no structure and more chaos .

Good news for Manchester United , then ?

Yes and no . Falcao is good enough to improve any team , but United hardly needed another attacking player .

Last week it paid Real Madrid nearly $ 100m to sign Angel di Maria , a forward-thinking addition to a squad that already included the likes of Robin van Persie , Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata .

Throw Falcao into the mix and United manager Louis van Gaal is spoiled for choice at the front of his line-up , but it 's at the rear where his team is exposed .

United is yet to win this season and recently suffered a humiliating 4-0 defeat to third division team MK Dons in the League Cup .

Simply put , United signing Falcao is like buying a really nice sweater but forgetting to put on your trousers .

Wait , you said Colombia . Where was he at the World Cup ?

The man nicknamed `` El Tigre '' -LRB- The Tiger -RRB- missed Colombia 's run to the quarterfinals of Brazil 2014 with a knee injury he picked up in January .

The whole country was praying their star striker would be fit for selection , so much so that Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos even visited Falcao in hospital , but sadly it was n't to be .

In his absence , James -LRB- pronounced `` Ham-ez '' -RRB- Rodriguez scored six goals as Colombia swaggered its way into the last eight before defeat to hosts Brazil .

A new star was born , and Rodriguez is now strutting his stuff at Real Madrid having also left Monaco .

Did Falcao not fancy joining `` Ham-ez '' in Madrid ?

Funny you should mention that .

On Saturday a Tweet sent from Falcao 's official account said -LRB- a rough translation -RRB- `` Go Madrid , a dream come true . ''

But Falcao swiftly denied sending the tweet , saying his profile had been compromised .

Pesky hackers ...

Who is the middle man in the transfer ?

Uber agent Jorge Mendes , who is seemingly doing his utmost to keep the Portuguese economy afloat . As well as Falcao and Rodriguez , Mendes brokered the deal to bring Di Maria to Old Trafford and Eliaquim Mangala to Manchester City .

Where can I find his Twitter account ?

@FALCAO is his official Twitter handle . He 's also on Instagram and if you head over there you 'll find proof he 's also pretty handy with a baseball bat .

He 's a big guy ...

Yep , with hair like Samson . But he 's spoken for . His wife is Argentinean singer/songwriter Lorelei Taron . His dad Radamel Garcia was also a professional footballer , playing in Colombia , and he thinks his son is going all the way to the top .

`` Falcao will lead Monaco to the Champions League , '' said Falcao 's entirely impartial father when his son first signed for the French team in 2013 . `` Every team he plays for he makes better and he wins a title . ''

His dad was right . Monaco did qualify for the Champions League , even if Falcao missed most of last season through injury .

Now Falcao junior has a similar mission to help United qualify for Europe 's top competition . The Manchester club is n't in Europe after an awful season under Alex Ferguson 's successor David Moyes , who was subsequently sacked .

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Radamel Falcao joins Manchester United on a one-year loan from Monaco

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Falcao will be counted on to help kickstart United 's season

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But some will be surprised that United did not sign a central defender

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United has amassed two points from its opening three league games